Section 155 of Indian Evidence Act - Birth during marriage, conclusive proof of legitimacy

Section 155 Indian Evidence Act Description

The fact that any person was born during the continuance of a valid marriage between his mother and any man, or within two hundred and eighty days after its dissolution, the mother remaining unmarried, shall be conclusive proof that he is the legitimate son of that man, unless it can be shown that the parties to the marriage had no access to each other at any time when he could have been begotten.

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